# When the Simpsons were great. . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 17, 2002, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-simpsons-were-great/143236 "2002-12-17T03:17:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-simpsons-were-great/143236/1 "2002-12-17T03:17:27Z")
Ok, just so many episodes have really stunk in the last couple of years. . . and then tonight they showed the episode with the chili cook-off where Homer has the hallucinations and Johnny Cash cameos as the coyote. . . Yay! It made we remember why we all loved the Simpsons back in the day. I know a lot of people hate this episode, but. . . What other episodes were brilliant? Oohh! Duff Gardens! ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-simpsons-were-great/143236/2 "2002-12-17T03:21:07Z")
My absolute FAVORITE episode was when prohibition came back to Springfield Homer rolling on the lawn after the basement explodes - cracking up as I type this… ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-simpsons-were-great/143236/3 "2002-12-17T03:38:40Z")
Two words: Mr. Plow. ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-simpsons-were-great/143236/4 "2002-12-17T04:38:40Z")
The Ayn Rand daycare episode. Though I don’t think the Simpson have jumped the shark yet. Slee ---
**Author:** ![BZ00000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@BZ00000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BZ00000)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-simpsons-were-great/143236/5 "2002-12-17T04:50:57Z")
Frank Grimes, but not his son son. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-simpsons-were-great/143236/6 "2002-12-17T05:27:26Z")
The Australia episode. The Monorail Episode. The Shinning. ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-simpsons-were-great/143236/7 "2002-12-17T05:30:58Z")
22 short films - _Professor Frink, Professor Frink, he’ll make you laugh, he’ll make you think…_ ---
**Author:** ![censored](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/35a633/32.png) [@censored](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/censored)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-simpsons-were-great/143236/8 "2002-12-17T05:42:43Z")
“Eat that, Space Coyote!” ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-simpsons-were-great/143236/9 "2002-12-17T05:49:11Z")
The zombie episode where Homer mistakes Johnny and Edger Winter for zombies and runs them over. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-simpsons-were-great/143236/10 "2002-12-17T06:12:44Z")
Are you kidding? The Simpsons hasn’t been any good since 5 seconds into the second Tracy Ullman short. It’s been all downhill from there, I don’t even know why I bother to watch it every week anymore. Nowadays it has the Worst. CBG impressions. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![epraz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/82dd89/32.png) [@epraz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epraz)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-simpsons-were-great/143236/11 "2002-12-17T06:26:27Z")
Lemon of Troy and Homer Goes to College. (HGtC was written by Conan, btw) ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-simpsons-were-great/143236/12 "2002-12-17T06:41:00Z")
I enjoyed these episodes: Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire Bart the Genius Homer’s Odyssey There’s No Disgrace Like Home Bart the General Moaning Lisa Call of the Simpsons The Telltale Head Life on the Fast Lane Homer’s Night Out The Crepes of Wrath Krusty Gets Busted Some Enchanted Evening Bart Gets an F Simpson and Delilah Treehouse of Horror Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish Dancin’ Homer Dead Putting Society Bart vs. Thanksgiving Bart the Daredevil Itchy & Scratchy & Marge Bart Gets Hit By A Car One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish The Way We Was Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment Principal Charming Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? Bart’s Dog Gets an F Old Money Brush with Greatness Lisa’s Substitute The War of the Simpsons Three Men and a Comic Book Blood Feud Stark Raving Dad Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington When Flanders Failed Bart the Murderer Homer Defined Like Father, Like Clown Treehouse of Horror II Lisa’s Pony Saturdays of Thunder Flaming Moe’s Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk I Married Marge Radio Bart Lisa the Greek Homer Alone Bart the Lover Homer at the Bat Separate Vocations Dog of Death Colonel Homer Black Widower The Otto Show Bart’s Friend Falls in Love Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes? Kamp Krusty A Streetcar Named Marge Homer the Heretic Lisa the Beauty Queen Treehouse of Horror III Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie Marge Gets a Job New Kid on the Block Mr. Plow Lisa’s First Word Homer’s Triple Bypass Marge vs. the Monorail Selma’s Choice Brother from the Same Planet I Love Lisa Duffless Last Exit to Springfield So It’s Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show The Front Whacking Day Marge in Chains Krusty Gets Kancelled Homer’s Barbershop Quartet Cape Feare Homer Goes to College Rosebud Treehouse of Horror IV Marge on the Lam Bart’s Inner Child Boy-Scoutz N the Hood The Last Temptation of Homer $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) Homer the Vigilante Bart Gets Famous Homer and Apu Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy Deep Space Homer Homer Loves Flanders Bart Gets an Elephant Burns’ Heir Sweet Seymour Skinner’s Baadassss Song The Boy Who Knew Too Much Lady Bouvier’s Lover Secrets of a Successful Marriage Bart of Darkness Lisa’s Rival Another Simpsons Clip Show Itchy & Scratchy Land Sideshow Bob Roberts Treehouse of Horror V Bart’s Girlfriend Lisa on Ice Homer: Bad Man Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy Fear of Flying Homer the Great And Maggie Makes Three Bart’s Comet Homie the Clown Bart vs. Australia Homer vs. Patty and Selma A Star Is Burns Lisa’s Wedding Two Dozen and One Greyhounds The PTA Disbands ‘Round Springfield The Springfield Connection Lemon of Troy Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One) Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two) Radioactive Man Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily Bart Sells His Soul Lisa the Vegetarian Treehouse of Horror VI King Size Homer Mother Simpson Sideshow Bob’s Last Gleaming The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular Marge Be Not Proud Team Homer Two Bad Neighbors Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield Bart the Fink Lisa the Iconoclast Homer the Smithers The Day the Violence Died A Fish Called Selma Bart on the Road 22 Short Films About Springfield Raging Abe Simpson and his Grumbling Grandson in “The Curse of the Flying Hellfish” Much Apu About Nothing Homerpalooza Summer of 4 Ft. 2 Treehouse of Horror VII You Only Move Twice The Homer They Fall Burns, Baby Burns Bart After Dark A Milhouse Divided Lisa’s Date with Density Hurricane Neddy El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer) The Springfield Files The Twisted World of Marge Simpson Mountain of Madness Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(ANNOYED GRUNT)cious The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show Homer’s Phobia Brother from Another Series My Sister, My Sitter Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment Grade School Confidential The Canine Mutiny The Old Man and the Lisa In Marge We Trust Homer’s Enemy The Simpsons Spin-off Showcase The Secret War of Lisa Simpson The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson The Principal and The Pauper Lisa’s Sax Treehouse of Horror VIII The Cartridge Family Bart Star The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons Lisa the Skeptic Realty Bites Miracle on Evergreen Terrace All Singing, All Dancing Bart Carny The Joy of Sect Das Bus The Last Temptation of Krust Dumbbell Indemnity Lisa, the Simpson This Little Wiggy Simpson Tide The Trouble With Trillions Girly Edition Trash of the Titans King of the Hill Lost Our Lisa Natural Born Kissers Lard of the Dance The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace Bart, the Mother Treehouse of Horror IX When You Dish Upon A Star D’oh-in’ in the Wind Lisa Gets an “A” Homer Simpson in: “Kidney Trouble” Mayored to the Mob Viva Ned Flanders Wild Barts Can’t Be Broken Sunday, Cruddy Sunday Homer to the Max I’m With Cupid Marge Simpson in: “Screaming Yellow Honkers” Make Room for Lisa Maximum Homerdrive Simpsons Bible Stories Mom and Pop Art The Old Man and The “C” Student Monty Can’t Buy Me Love They Saved Lisa’s Brain Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo Beyond Blunderdome Brother’s Little Helper Guess Who’s Coming to Criticize Dinner? Treehouse of Horror X E-I-E-I-(ANNOYED GRUNT) Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder Eight Misbehavin’ Take My Wife, Sleaze Grift of the Magi Little Big Mom Faith Off The Mansion Family Saddlesore Galactica Alone Again, Natura-Diddly Missionary: Impossible Pygmoelian Bart to the Future Days of Wine and D’oh’ses Kill the Alligator and Run Last Tap Dance in Springfield It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge Behind the Laughter Treehouse of Horror XI A Tale of Two Springfields Insane Clown Poppy Lisa the Tree Hugger Homer vs. Dignity The Computer Wore Menace Shoes The Great Money Caper Skinner’s Sense of Snow HOMR Pokey Mom Worst Episode Ever Tennis the Menace Day of the Jackanapes New Kids on the Blecch Hungry Hungry Homer Bye Bye Nerdie Simpson Safari Trilogy of Error I’m Goin’ to Praiseland Children of a Lesser Clod Simpsons Tall Tales Treehouse of Horror XII The Parent Rap Homer the Moe A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love The Blunder Years She of Little Faith Brawl in the Family Sweets and Sour Marge Jaws Wired Shut Half Decent Proposal The Bart Wants What It Wants The Lastest Gun in the West The Old Man & The Key Tales From The Public Domain Blame it on Lisa Weekend at Burnsie’s Gump Roast I Am Furious Yellow The Sweetest Apu Little Girl in the Big Ten The Frying Game Poppa’s Got a Brand New Badge ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-simpsons-were-great/143236/13 "2002-12-17T06:57:43Z")
The third, fourth and fith seasons were near perfect. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-simpsons-were-great/143236/14 "2002-12-17T08:21:31Z")
She blinds everybody with her super high beams She’s a squirrel-squashin’, deer-smackin’ drivin’ machine Canyonero! Canyonero! Canyonero! ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-simpsons-were-great/143236/15 "2002-12-17T09:05:43Z")
In my opinion the sixth and eleventh season were the best overall. They both had many strong episodes. Of course… they also contain my two favorite episodes: “Homer Bad Man” (the sexual harrassment one) and “E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)” (The tomacco one). absolute genius. Doh! I was about to point out that **Ender** clearly agreed with me, as he had every episode from those seasons on his list. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-simpsons-were-great/143236/16 "2002-12-17T10:47:24Z")
In my opinion the sixth and eleventh season were the best overall. They both had many strong episodes. Of course… they also contain my two favorite episodes: “Homer Bad Man” (the sexual harrassment one) and “E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)” (The tomacco one). absolute genius. Doh! I was about to point out that **Ender** clearly agreed with me, as he had every episode from those seasons on his list. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-simpsons-were-great/143236/17 "2002-12-17T11:12:19Z")
Oops. Sorry about the duplicate post. ---
**Author:** ![Spudo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Spudo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spudo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-simpsons-were-great/143236/18 "2002-12-17T12:18:38Z")
My two favorites are: Marge Vs. The Monorail “Homer, there’s a man here who thinks he can help!” “Batman?” “No, he’s a scientist” “Batman was a scientist” “It’s not Batman!” and You Only Move Twice “Good God! The 59th street bridge just collapsed!” “Maybe it just collapsed on its own.” “We can’t take that chance.” “Ohh, you always say that, I want to take a chance!” The show hasn’t been good since 1999. It’s only been truly awful and terrible the last two years though. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-simpsons-were-great/143236/19 "2002-12-17T13:17:42Z")
Hey another Best of the Simpson thread– My favorite (this week) was the Treehouse of Horror episode when Homer went back in Time with his time traveling toaster. The wannabe CBG’s could at least be funny about it. But I guess the character hits a little to close to home for some. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-simpsons-were-great/143236/20 "2002-12-17T17:54:36Z")
In my opinion, the entire season 5 of the Simpsons was absolute BRILLIANCE. Seasons 4 and 6 are the runners up. Let me do a run down here: Rosebud - “Smithers, have the rolling stones killed” Homer Goes to College - “Hello Dean, you’re a stupidhead” Marge on the Lam - the ENTIRE first act. Sing along - _sunshine lollipops and rainbows…_ Treehouse of Horror IV - superfunhappyslide!!! Bart’s Inner Child - oh god, it’s been years since I’ve seen that episode…someone help me Boy-Scoutz N The Hood - “duh…I’m the captain!” The Last Temptation of Homer “is that a turkey behind the bed?” $pringfield - “I’m Idaho!” Homer the Vigilante - “Lisa, never \ever\ stop in the middle of a hoedown!” Homer and Apu - “Are you really the head of the Kwik-E-Mart? Really? You?” Bart Gets Famous - “My son’s a box!!!” Lisa vs Malibu Stacy - eh, they all have their dud Deep Space Homer - “I don’t get it. That was NON-alcoholic champagine!” Homer Loves Flanders - Homer:this is Ned Flanders, my friend! Lenny: What’d he say? Carl: I dunno. Something about being gay. Bart Gets An Elephant - “D’oh! A dear! A \female\ dear!” Burn’s Heir - this episode mentions my hometown. nuff said Lisa’s Rival - the entire sugar subplot Sweet Seymour Skinner’s Baddasssss Song - “that sounded like a prayer! A prayer in school! Prayer has no place within these walls, just like education has no place within the church” The Boy Who Knew Too Much - the entire Bart/Skinner chase Secrets of a Successful Marriage - “wow homer you really \are\ slow!” ah, the great days. Of course, Last Exit to Springfield (aka Dental Plan) is still the greatest of them all [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-simpsons-were-great/143236.md?page=2)